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unlawful detainer<\/span>:
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1.<\/strong> The unjustifiable retention of the possession<\/a> of real property<\/a> by one whose\u00a0<\/strong>original entry was lawful, as when a tenant holds over after lease termination despite\u00a0<\/strong>the landlord\u2019s demand for possession<\/a>. <\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The unlawful withholding or detention of real property<\/a> after the acquisition of a peaceable and actual, but unlawful, possession<\/a>.\u00a0 35 Am J2d Forc E & D \u00a7 32<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Remaining in possession<\/a> of real property<\/a> after one’s right to do so no longer exists.\u00a0 EXAMPLE: the act of a tenant who refuses to leave his apartment after his lease has expired.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 See detainer<\/em>; ejectment<\/em>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[2]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a>Legal Assistant Edition<\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Doctored<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[3]:<\/strong>\u00a0 Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a>Legal Assistant Edition<\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Doctored<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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